Jan Stedehouder has used PC-BSD for thirty days to see what living with it is like. On day thirty, he concludes: "Does PC-BSD have the potential to be a serious contender for the open source desktop? I answered that question with a yes, because the potential is there. The solid FreeBSD roots, the very strong and very accessible information, the friendly and mature community and the PBI system provide the foundations for that potential. I don't think it is ready now and I couldn't recommend it yet to someone in the early stages of moving away from Windows to an open source desktop. But I do think that the PC-BSD team has the right target audience in mind and is building an system and a support system that addresses it's needs."

PBIs are the way to go for average desktop home users. That's what they are used to. It's working as they expect it to do. Of course, it has it disadvantages that make nearly every professional avoiding to use it.

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I don't suppose that killing the average desktop home users (my first choice) would be considered an acceptable solution. So I am forced to bow to your argument. ;-)